ABA Business Law Section eNewsletter: Business and Corporate Litigation Committee

I hope you are enjoying the Fall.

If you haven't already done so, please register soon for our Committee's Fall Meeting (Washington, D.C. November 17-18). We'll have the Committee Dinner on Thursday, November 17th. To register for the dinner (you first need to be registered for the meeting), click here for online registration or click here for a faxable registration form. On Friday, we'll enjoy a great line-up of programs that will include the always popular "Bankruptcy for Breakfast" and the standing-room-only U.S. Supreme Court look back and look ahead. We'll add what should be an informative program of broad appeal: Litigating With the Government. And, certain of our subcommittees and task forces will be meeting. In particular, our newest subcommittee, the Sports-related Disputes Subcommittee will have its organizational meeting (and will be welcoming anyone with an interest in the subject area).

The Fall Meeting is always a great opportunity to connect or re-connect with fellow members of our Committee in a convenient setting that is easy to navigate. It also is a great opportunity to gather with members of the other committees of the Business Law Section and to speak with Section officers and other members of the Section's Council.

Please also be sure to "save the date" for the 2012 Spring Meeting and the 2012 Annual Meeting. The Spring Meeting will be in Las Vegas (March 22-25), and the Annual Meeting will be in Chicago (August 2-6). Program planning for both meetings is already well underway. And, as always, we will have a full array of subcommittee and task force meetings in Las Vegas and Chicago (with telephone participation available for those who won't be able to attend in-person).

A word about Committee membership. Our Committee prides itself on providing early, meaningful opportunities to its members for writing, speaking, networking, leadership, and fellowship. Each of you is our best means of attracting, retaining, and promoting Committee members. Please take a moment to reach out to colleagues - practicing attorneys, members of the judiciary, law school professors, and law students - and invite them to join the Business and Corporate Litigation Committee. The price is right (zero), and the benefits are many. And, if your colleagues are already members, please encourage their active participation in our Committee.

Finally, with this issue of the Network newletter, I thank BCL Committee members Peter Valori and Gary Zhao for all that they do to encourage topical and timely submissions and to offer helpful editing. I also thank Frank Hillis of the Business Law Section staff for all of his expert assistance in making the newsletter a reality, so that it can reliably land on each of our electronic doorsteps. And I commend to your reading the informative subcommittee and task force reports that appear in this issue as well as the outstanding set of remarks on the evolution of our profession (and the challenges and opportunities that we face), which BCL Committee member The Hon. Ben F. Tennille (Ret.) has kindly agreed to share.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions or if I can lend a hand in any way. I hope to see you in Washington!

Bill Johnston is a partner in the Wilmington, Delaware-based law firm of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP. He is a past chair of the firm's Corporate Counseling and Litigation practice group.